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Babbo Menu

antipasti
Marinated Fresh Sardines with caramelized fennel and lobster oil       12
Grilled Octopus with "borlotti marinati" and spicy limoncello vinaigrette       15
Marinated Gulf Shrimp with radishes, budding chives and a jalapeño vinaigrette       16
Steamed Cockles with red chiles and basil       15
&Quot;funghi" cool roasted shiitakes with charred onions       15
Roasted Beet Tartare with chianti vinegar and ricotta salata       14
Summer Beans with sungold tomatoes and chianti vinaigrette       14
Baby Wild Arugula with parmigiano and aceto manodori       17
Warm Tripe "alla parmigiana"       11
Warm Lamb’s Tongue Vinaigrette with chanterelle mushrooms and a 3-minute egg       13
Pig Foot "milanese" with rice beans and arugula       15
Testa with pickled pearls and thyme vinaigrette       11
Prosciutto San Daniele "riserva" with black pepper "fett’unta"       15
Armandino’s Salumi finnochiona and culatello       17
primi
Goat Cheese Tortelloni with dried orange and wild fennel pollen       19
Spaghettini with spicy budding chives and a one pound lobster       26
Maccheroni Alla Chitarra with oven dried tomatoes, red chiles and bottarga di muggine       20
Bucatini All’amatriciana with guanciale, hot pepper and pecorino       20
Garganelli with "funghi trifolati"       22
Mint Love Letters with spicy lamb sausage       20
Lamb’s Brain "francobolli" with lemon and sage       19
Goose Liver Ravioli with balsamic vinegar and brown butter       24
Chianti Stained Pappardelle with wild boar ragu       23
Pappardelle Bolognese       21
Pansoti with walnut sauce       23
Sweet Potato "lune" with sage and amaretti       19
Homemade Orecchiette with sweet sausage and rapini       19
Gnocchi with braised oxtail       20
Fettuccine with house-made pancetta and dandelion greens       23
Beef Cheek Ravioli with crushed squab liver and black truffles       23
Linguine with clams, pancetta and hot chiles       21
Black Spaghetti with rock shrimp, spicy salami calabrese and green chiles       25
secondi
Spicy Two Minute Calamari sicilian lifeguard style       24
Whole Grilled Branzino with radicchio in pancetta and lemon oregano jam       29
Wild Striped Bass with passato di zucca and chorizo vinaigrette       28
Barbecued Squab with roasted beet "farrotto" and porcini mustard       27
Duck with rainbow chard, babbo pancetta and beet vinaigrette       29
Grilled Quail with "scorzonera alla romana" and saba       27
Rabbit with charred leeks, market beans, babbo pancetta and carrot vinaigrette       28
Grilled Pork Chop with cherry peppers, cipolline and aceto manodori       29
Fennel Dusted Sweetbreads with sweet and sour onions, duck bacon and membrillo vinegar       27
Grilled Lamb Chops "scottadita" with sunchokes, grilled onions and lemon yogurt       29
&Quot;brasato al barolo" braised beef with porcini mushrooms       29
Barbecued Skirt Steak with eggplant "alla piastra" and salsa verde       28
Veal Breast with shisito peppers and treviso       29
&Quot;guancia ripiena" with eggplant caponata and broccoli rabe pesto       29
Grilled Ribeye For Two with roasted potatoes, garlic, rosemary and aceto manodori       70
contorni $8
Roasted Beet "farrotto"      
Rapini with roasted garlic      
Roasted Potatoes with rosemary      
Babbo Greens with roasted shallots      
Sweet Corn Fregula      
pasta tasting $69 per person
Black Tagliatelle with charred corn and castelmagno      
&Quot;vespa bianco," Bastianich 2006      
&Quot;casunzei" with poppy seeds      
Colline Lucchesi Vermentino "quinis," Sardi Giustiniani 2008      
Garganelli with "funghi trifolati"      
Morellino di Scansano "i perazzi," la Mozza 2006      
Domingo’s Pyramids with "passato di pomodoro"      
Aquileia Refosco "brojli," Clementin 2007 Friuli      
Pappardelle Bolognese (rosso d’orsone, dal fari 2000)      
Dancing Ewe Caciotta Fritters with honey and thyme      
Moscato di Trani "pian di tufara," Rivera 2007      
Chocolate "al diavolo" ("sibilla appenninica," le caniette 1999)      
Tyrolean Carrot and Poppyseed Cake with olive oil and orange gelato      
&Quot;le passule" Librandi 2006      
traditional tasting $75 per person
Duck Bresaola with parmigiano and aceto manodori      
Pelaverga "bellis perennis," Castello di Verduno 2008      
Pappardelle with chanterelles and thyme      
Langhe Rosso "dapruvè," ca’ romè 2001      
Duck Tortelli with "sugo finto"      
Breganze cabernet, Gastaldía 2003      
Pork Tenderloin with sweet corn fregula and black truffle vinaigrette      
Faro, Bonavita 2007      
Coach Farm’s Finest with fennel honey      
Franciacorta brut, Barone Pizzini Nv      
&Quot;gelò Alla siciliana" ("rosathea," castel de paolis 2007)      
Chocolate "tartufino" aleatico della maremma "nanerone," piandibugnano 2006      
Sweet Plum "delizia" with cinnamon "fior di latte"      
Passito di pantelleria, Abraxas 2003      
dolci e formaggi
Chocolate Hazelnut Cake with orange sauce and hazelnut gelato       12
Warm Blackberry Crostata with sweet corn gelato       12
Saffron Panna Cotta with plums, anise hyssop, and plum sorbetto       12
Maple and Mascarpone Cheesecake with maple cream and saba       12
&Quot;bavarese di ricotta" with franca’s strawberries, balsamic zabaione and aceto manadori       12
Spiced Fig Budino with blueberry buttermilk gelato       12
Pistachio and Chocolate Semifreddo       12
Biscotti and Cookies       11
Assortment of Gelati and Sorbetti       12
Selection of Cheeses robiola tre latti, pecorino scorza nera, coach farm triple crème, stracchino di capra, toma maccagno rosa, taleggio, blù del moncenisio, parmigiano reggiano   (3) 12   (5) 15   (7) 18
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